The Tempations

Temptations - It's Growing (18th March, 1965)
Taken from a UK Motown TV special with Martha & Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Dusty Springfield, Earl Van Dyke & The Supremes. Great camera angles used in this series, lots of side shots because the camera's mainly used wide angle lens' and a side shot would get more action in the frame!


This special was put together by Vicki Wickham & Dusty Springfield, and if it wasn't for Dusty's input it would never have happened. It was a complete eye-opener for UK audiences to the exciting sounds of Detroit.

The TV show was one of the UK's first rock/pop music TV programmes. RSG! was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV, who wanted to try a music radio show. Allan was assisted by record producer/talent manager Vicki Wickham, who became the producer. It was broadcast from August 1963 until December 1966.

It was produced by Associated-Rediffusion (later re-named Rediffusion) which had the ITV franchise for London. The show eventually went out live nationally. It was contemporary with the surge in British pop music of the 1960s. It last aired on December 23, 1966.

David Ruffin

David Ruffin - Since I Lost My Baby
This clip should be labeled Temptations really, but I think it particularly shines through for Ruffin Fans more. The record is playing quietly in the background and the guy's are reminiscing the song and it's footwork routine - priceless!

Also harmonies from Eddie Kendricks & Dennis Edwards. A TV magic moment not often capured. Thanks Bill & Dawn.

David Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin) (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968 (or the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known). His was the lead voice on such classic songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg".

Known for his unique raspy and anguished tenor vocals, Ruffin was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in November 2008. Along with fellow Temptations Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, and posthumously Paul Williams Ruffin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Fellow Motown recording artist Marvin Gaye once said admiringly of Ruffin that "I heard in [his voice] a strength my own voice lacked.

Drug problems ruined his life and when died Michael Jackson paid for the funeral costs.